November 2008 - Utah-Astronomy - mailman.xmission.com

Arches Dark Sky Ranger Contact?
by Canopus56 27 Nov '08

27 Nov '08

Does the club have a dark sky ranger contract at Arches? Thanks - Kurt Happy T-Day

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Astronomy Calendar.
by Dunn, David 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

I just noticed on the Astronomy calendar that Uranus is stationary tomorrow. I know mine will be. Happy Thanksgiving, Dave

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Incoming!
by diveboss＠xmission.com 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,457846,00.html

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Planet and Moon Conjunction
by stormcrow60＠xmission.com 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Don't forget... December 1st, Venus, Jupiter and the Moon form a nice post Thanksgiving conjunction in the western evening sky. It should be spectacular.

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Tool bag update and video / Canadian "incoming!"
by Patrick Wiggins 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

A number of reports now have the tool bag that drifted away from ISS being at between magnitude 6 and 8. Easily visible from a dark sky with even smallish binoculars. Here's a video Kevin Fetter took and posted to the SeeSat list. Field of view is 38' x 51'. http://www.kfetter.com/satvideo/other/33442.wmv And here's a story on a bolide that lit up the Canadian skies Thursday. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/11/20/alberta-meteor.html?ref=r… Video: http://www.appscout.com/2008/11/more_cameras_means_a_well_seen.php http://aliencasebook.blogspot.com/2008/11/video-canadian-meteor-or-soyuz-ro… http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=CEMAC2QCWao&feature=related patrick

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] ISS -4.4 mag overpass in 5 minutes - 5:31pm Sunday
by Canopus56 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

> Did anyone locally see this? > I'm curious because of how close it happened after sunset . . . patrick Yes, it was easily visible in the twilight sky. The only objects visible around nautical twilight were Jupiter, Venus and the ISS-Shuttle. No stars could be seen. The ISS-Shuttle was between Jupiter and Venus in magnitude. Anything lower than mag 0 or maybe mag -1 would not have been visible. I haven't checked on the magnitude of tonight's 30 deg alt overpass at 5:56pm. - Kurt

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Landsat 5 is 25
by Gary Vardon 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

Fellow SLASer's I just attended a remote sensing symposium in Denver. Landsat 5 was celebrated on its 25th birthday. Landsat images are free. Landsat images can give a great view on how the earth is changing over time. Urban sprawl and deforestation are examples of what can be seen using satellite imagery. Many other examples were noted. The conference also had a lot of talks on unmanned aerial vehicles. They can be used to monitor forest fires or hurricanes for example. Sincerely, Gary Vardon -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Wiggins Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 9:25 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] ISS -4.4 mag overpass in 5 minutes - 5:31pm Sunday Did anyone locally see this? I'm curious because of how close it happened after sunset (I did not get to see it because I was in a movie that didn't get out until 25 minutes after the pass). Thanks, patrick On 23 Nov 2008, at 17:22, Canopus56 wrote: > Details: > > Appears 17h26m14s 3.2mag az:231.4ï¿½ SW > Culmination 17h31m09s -4.4mag az:142.7ï¿½ SE h:86.1ï¿½ > Disappears 17h34m35s -1.8mag az: 54.3ï¿½ NE h:6.9ï¿½ > Sun elevation: -6ï¿½ > > - Kurt _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com

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ISS -4.4 mag overpass in 5 minutes - 5:31pm Sunday
by Canopus56 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

Details: Appears 17h26m14s 3.2mag az:231.4° SW Culmination 17h31m09s -4.4mag az:142.7° SE h:86.1° Disappears 17h34m35s -1.8mag az: 54.3° NE h:6.9° Sun elevation: -6° - Kurt

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PST Imaging - Prominence capture test
by Canopus56 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

A new minor test photo - unguided - Kurt http://members.csolutions.net/fisherka/astronote/photos/solar/20081123Solar…

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Picture gallery update
by Patrick Wiggins 22 Nov '08

22 Nov '08

I just heard from SLAS webmaster Ken Warner that he still intends to set up a site where SLAS members will be able to post images directly to the SLAS website's picture gallery (http://slas.us/GALLERY.HTM) In the interim SLAS members may email their pictures to Ken at webmaster(a)slas.us and he will add them to the gallery. patrick p.s. Incredible skies tonight!

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